BREWSTER Members of the Finance Committee last week raised concerns over how costs associated with School Choice programming will drive up the overall cost of the proposed Nauset Regional High School project.
In a presentation to the Finance Committee earlier this month, committee member Robert Young voiced concerns not only with the $132 million capital cost of the project, $96 million of which would be absorbed by the four district towns, but also the estimated $4 million to $5 million cost of subsidizing School Choice at the high school.
Young presented data from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, including total School Choice reimbursement figures, tuition costs paid by
27 January 2021
By: Ed Maroney
Several of these signs are out along Route 6A in Brewster, whose select board and finance committee were scheduled to host a summit meeting Monday night with members of the regional school committee, high school building committee, and Nauset administration.
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ORLEANS Confusing and conflicting information from both sides of the debate over the proposed renovation and expansion of Nauset Regional High School is roiling the waters in the four district towns.
What appeared to be a final word (“No”) on further funding extensions from the Massachusetts State Building Authority was actually much more nuanced. Claims that approving the project at town meetings would require a two-thirds margin turn out be wrong.
OSTERVILLE – In the vaulted library at Cape Cod Academy, the only applause for President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech came from the audio accompanying a screen display.
The 18 students and several faculty members viewing the ceremonies remained silent during the introduction of Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black and first South Asian and first woman vice president.
A pin could have been heard dropping for a poetry recitation by Amanda Gorman, at age 22 the youngest poet laureate in the nation’s history and an individual not much older than the teens watching the inauguration.
The silence wasn’t due to a lack of enthusiasm, a group of freshmen said as they left the library at the end of their study period.
Shortly after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Julio Cruz and his family moved to the Outer Cape. With Spanish as his first language, Julio enrolled in an
By WXTK News
Dec 30, 2020
One Cape Cod Baseball League team is helping to ensure the lights are a little brighter at 2021 games.
The Orleans Firebirds presented a $40,000 check to the town on Monday to improve the lighting at Eldredge Park.
The Firebirds and the rest of the Cape League sat out the 2020 season.
Eldredge Park is also used by Nauset Regional High School and other teams.